Thursday, 11 April 2013

A year and a bit ago I started collecting watches, I like watches, hence the reason they appear from time-to-time in my 365 postings. Most I buy are ex-display - as new, just don't have a box. A few are purchased as used and some I buy new. This is a used example, awaiting a new strap.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

When the Concord fleets were taken out of service East Fortune Aircraft museum was lucky enough to secure one as a display piece. Transportation by land and waterway saw it make the log journey north to its current place.

Saturday, 30 March 2013

Star trails have been part of my quest to produce astronomical images. This is an early attempt spanning only about ten minutes - twenty images of thirty seconds duration each, then combined into this single image using a piece of freeware called "StarStaX". To save me having to stand out in the cold for the duration of the image sequence being shot, I used a Pixel-252 intervalometer. For the uninitiated, this is basically a remote release with a timer function which facilitates unattended shooting.

Friday, 29 March 2013

I've been trying to do a bit of astro photography lately. This was done from my back garden. The moon was full, hence the lack of visible stars. Some post shoot work in PS to darken the sky and bring out the stars.

Saturday, 16 March 2013

This image was taken during a recent visit to the Galloway Dark Skies area in Ayrshire. Despite it having been a beautifully clear night when leaving home, forty-five minutes and thirty miles later it had become a night shrouded in mist and low cloud. Trying shots like this and doing a bit of experimental light painting filled the time between clear patches of sky.

Friday, 15 March 2013

I really don't like liquorice or Aniseed so it seemed to me the best thing to do with these (inedible to me) confections was to try to recreate the little character used to advertise them - Bertie Bassett. I couldn't find a blue aniseed one for his hat so had to make do with pink!

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

I thought these Liquorice Allsorts were an ideal way to illustrate the concept of triangular numbers. I don't really know what function they perform in the real world but as a number sequence (or should that be a series - can't remember the mathematical difference) triangular numbers are one of my favourite.

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Monday, 4 March 2013

The bass Rock. Home to thousands of gannets. Low tide reveals a narrow crevice running through entire width of the rock, but I really don't much fancy going in there! Don't know if it's big enough to take a kayak through?

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Having recently launched my self into the world of radio controlled quadcopters by taking on a build project, I thought I'd better get some practice in something smaller and less expensive to repair before taking to the controls of the BIG BOY. Behold, the Hubsan X4, which, as you can see, is tiny, but ideal for getting the basics of quadcopter control learned.

Saturday, 2 March 2013

This derelict building outside Kilmarnock was once a working mill. It became a dwelling house and pub for a while but when that ceased the building began to fall into disrepair. As you can see, it has become 'roofless' and heavily overgrown.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

There's something quite appealling about this shot of a brewery chimney stack billowing its white steam into a blue sky while being watched over by a CCTV camera! Maybe it's just good to know industry is alive and well in the middle of Glasgow?

Monday, 25 February 2013

In this shot, the destructive blow came from a rough stone glancing off the surface of a water filled balloon sitting in a small flower pot to support it. The burst pattern of the water clearly shows how the stone has caused a tear in the balloon skin, giving a much more linear pattern to the the water's exit.

Sunday, 24 February 2013

This water filled balloon was dropped from a height of about one metre, which prevented it from bursting and allowed me to capture how it deformed on impact with the ground. High speed video would be a great thing to get into to reveal all this sort of stuff, normally hidden to the unaided human eye.

Thursday, 21 February 2013

One of the Brushless Outrunners for the quadcopter I'm currently building. Brushless outrunner seems to be the snappy term for what I would call a little electric motor........ I thought it looked a good subject to photograph.

Friday, 15 February 2013

Trying to do something else associated with water, so here's a "home made bubble". I mixed a high concentration of washing-up liquid with water then used a straw to blow the bubble to a point where it would just hang on the end of the straw.

About Me

In 'real-life' I work for the NHS, the rest of my time largely being taken up with photography and associated topics. I enjoy trying different things with photography and would rather take a dozen crap shots than miss that one 'million dollar image'.